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Neosphenodontia

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Neosphenodontia Herrera-Flores et al.
2021Neosphenodontia Villa et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Eosuchia()
Neodiapsida
SauriaGauthier 1984
Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
Sphenodontia()
infraorderEusphenodontia
Neosphenodontia
Neosphenodontia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Neosphenodontia Herrera-Flores et al. 2018
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Fm. Homoeosauridae Gervais 1852
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G. †Homoeosaurus Meyer 1850
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Homoeosaurus maximiliani von Meyer 1847
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Invalid names: Homoeosaurus jourdani Lortet 1892 [synonym]
Homoeosaurus parvipes Cocude-Michel 1963
Homoeosaurus rhodani Lortet 1892
Homoeosaurus solnhofensis Cocude-Michel 1963
Homoeosaurus struckmanni Broili 1925
Invalid names: Stelliosaurus Jourdan 1862 [synonym]
G. †Ischnosaurus Thiollière 1856
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Ischnosaurus gervaisii Thiollière 1856
G. †Pamizinsaurus Reynoso 1997
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Fm. †Pleurosauridae Lydekker 1888
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G. †Acrosaurus Meyer 1854
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Acrosaurus frischmanni Meyer 1854
G. †Palaeopleurosaurus Carroll 1985
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G. †Pleurosaurus Meyer
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Pleurosaurus ginsburgi Fabre 1974
Pleurosaurus goldfussi von Meyer 1831
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Invalid names: Anguisaurus bipes Münster 1839 [synonym], Anguisaurus minor Wagner 1860 [synonym], Anguisaurus munsteri Wagner 1858 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anguisaurus Münster 1839 [synonym], Saurophidium Jourdan 1862 [synonym]
Invalid names: Acrosauridae Meyer 1861 [synonym]
Fm. †Saphaeosauridae Nopcsa 1923
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G. †Kallimodon Cocude-Michel 1963
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Kallimodon cerinensis Cocude-Michel 1963
Kallimodon pulchellus Zittel 1887
G. †Sapheosaurus von Meyer 1850
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Sapheosaurus thiollierei von Meyer 1851
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Invalid names: Sauranodon incisivus Jourdan 1862 [synonym]
Invalid names: Sauranodon Jourdan 1862 [synonym]
Invalid names: Sauranodontidae Lortet 1892 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 182.70000 to 99.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 182.0 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Bayern) Palaeopleurosaurus posidoniae (137135)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Palaeopleurosaurus posidoniae (114111 114112)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany (Oberpfalz) Palaeopleurosaurus posidoniae (192404)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Pleurosaurus goldfussi (92110) Sapheosaurus thiollierei, Ischnosaurus gervaisii (191086)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Homoeosaurus maximiliani, Homoeosaurus jourdani, Homoeosaurus rhodani, Pleurosaurus goldfussi, Kallimodon cerinensis (24426)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) Homoeosaurus maximiliani (57682)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Pleurosaurus goldfussi, Pleurosaurus ginsburgi, Homoeosaurus solnhofensis (35262)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Acrosaurus frischmanni (53034) Anguisaurus bipes (123906) Homoeosaurus maximiliani (105798) Homoeosaurus maximiliani, Pleurosaurus goldfussi (144679) Homoeosaurus solnhofensis (131959) Pleurosaurus goldfussi (102300 105797 106543 132062 212953)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Sphenodonta indet. (28401)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mexico (Puebla) Pamizinsaurus tlayuanensis (133991)